WHAT HAPPENED IS BEYOND DESCRIPTION - A F AILED COPING-ATTEMPT OF A JEW PERSECUTED IN CHILDHOOD AND HIS LATE THERAPY

The following case study is about a 65 years old Jewish patient living in Germany. He lost all his relatives in the Holocaust, when he was 1 3. and was subject to most severe strains and maltreatment in the labo ur camp. An almost complete loss of memories about childhood and the t ime of persecution and his severe obsessive-compulsive neurosis could be improved considerably. The nature of the repression and the terms o f the therapy are critically discussed.